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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. SLAUSON, OF OLEAN, NEW YORK.

PRINTERS FURNITURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 708,086, datedSeptember 2, 1902.

Application filed November 1, 1899. Serial No. 735,508. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. SLAUSON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Olean, in the county of Cattaraugus and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printers Furniture,of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to printers furniture.

The object of the invention is to produce a sidestick which is acomplete lock-up and which may also be used as a piece of furniture.

Figure l is a broken section of a piece of furniture according to thisinvention, the section being on the plane 1 l of Fig 2. Fig. 2 is across-section of the furniture with wrench applied. Fig. 3 is a plan,and Fig. 4 an end View, of the quoin and Wedge.

The furniture or sidestick is a hollow rectangular bar of metal with.parallel sides. Mortises B are made in one side of the bar, as manyinnumber as may be desirable, according to the length of the bar. there isa metallic quoin G of such size that its body neatly fits the mortise B,there being a quoin at each mortise. The quoin may be first insertedfrom the end of bar A and its body projected through the mortise. Thequoin is preferably provided with ears 0 to prevent its escape from thehollow bar. Behind the quoin and inclosed in the bar there is a wedge D,inclined or beveled to correspond with the quoin and having on itsinclined face a tongue or groove to correspond with that on the quoin.The wedge D has an extension D, provided with teeth on one side, and theend may have a longer tooth or horn D When the wedge is inclosed in themetallic bar and interlocked with the quoin, the teeth D are parallelwith one side of the bar. A pin F, passed through the bar, maybe used tolimit the lengthwise movement of the wedge, as will be understood. Ahole H in the body of thebar permits the entrance of a pinion-wrench Kto engage the teeth of the wedge. As this hole goes through only oneside of bar A, there is no danger to the imposing-stone or press-bed bythe wrench Inside the bar I passing through the bar and engagingtherewith. The turning of the wrench Kwill move the wedge D in one orthe other direction, as is well understood in this art. Such movementwill project or withdraw the quoin, serving thereby to lock up a form inchase or galley. When the quoin is entirely withdrawn into the bar, thesame may be used-as an ordinary piece of furniture in making up forms.As the quoin is thus withdrawn the sidestick maybe entered into a spaceof its own width.

A piece of metallic furniture of the character described is rigid and toall intents a solid rectangular block for all usual purposes. Wheninserted in a form, side pressure on the piece of furniture comesdirectly on the rigid metal, and no side pressure can change the form orarea of the piece of furniture except by crushing it. Side-pressure onthe body of the furniture has no tendency to move the mechanism by whicha quoin is projected or retracted.

What I claim is- 1. A hollow rectangular metallic bar of printersfurniture, having a side opening, and an inclosed quoin, and means forprojecting said quoin from the opening, or for retiring the quoinentirely within the opening.

2. A hollow rectangular metallic bar of printers furniture, having aside mortise, a quoin in said mortise which may be retired entirelywithin the bar, a wedge within the bar engaging the quoin, and means formoving the wedge. v

3. A hollow rectangular metallic bar of printers furniture having amortise in one side, a quoin in said mortise in position to be withdrawnwholly within the bar,and a wedge within the bar having interlockingengagement with the quoin, so that longitudinal movement of the wedgeadvances or retracts the quoin.

4. A rectangular metallic bar of printers furniture having a sidemortise and a face opening in one face only, a quoin in the mortisewhich may be retired entirely withinv the bar, means within the bar forprojecting the quoin, and a wrench whioh'may enter the face-opening toengage the quoin-projecting In testimony whereof I affix my signature inpresence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM G. SLAUSON.

means, but may not reach through the body of the bar, all combined.

5. A hollow rectangular bar of printers furniture having a plurality ofside mortises, quoins in said mortises, and independent means forretiring said quoins within the bar,

Witnesses:

ALLEN M. Cox,

or for projecting them, all combined. 1 MAUD M. LILLIE.

